André Du Toit
Biographic Data
| ID | 3592091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | André Du Toit |
| GIVEN NAMES | André |
| FAMILY NAME | Du Toit |
| SIGNATURE | DU TOIT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3936-6013 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Victims of “British Justice”?: A Century of Wrong as Anti-imperial Tract, Core Narrative of the Afrikaner “Nation,” and Victim-Based Solidarity-Building Discourse
A Need for ‘Truth’
The origins of the South African trc process, which made such a dramatic contribution towards opening up a new more inclusive political culture in post-apartheid South Africa, are usually found in the constitutional negotiations and settlement reflected in the Postamble of the 1993 Interim Constitution. This article starts from the apparent paradox that a secretive amnesty pact by political elites could have been responsible for a public truth pr…
The Owl of Minerva and the Ironic Fate of the Progressive Praxis of Radical Historiography in Post-apartheid South Africa
Despite its title and stated objectives this edited volume does not provide a broad and inclusive survey of post-apartheid South African historiographical developments. Its main topic is the unexpected demise in the post-apartheid context of the radical or revisionist approach that had invigorated and transformed the humanities and social studies during the 1970s and 1980s. In the context of the anti-apartheid struggle the radical historians had …
Institutionalizing Free Inquiry in Universities during Regime Transitions: The South African Case
For South African higher education and institutionalized research, the transition to a democratic "new South Africa" in the 1990s opened the way to different kinds of fundamental change. The transition also brought new risks and more insidious threats to free inquiry. Taken together these make for a complex and confusing overall picture that can be read in opposite ways. Some changes, especially those that signal the achievement of long social an…
Afrikaander circa 1600: Reflections and Suggestions Regarding the Origins and Fate of Afrikaner Nationalism
This article compares two quite different portrayals of, and reflections on, the nature and fate of Afrikaner nationalism in its historical entanglement with the apartheid order. On the one hand, it considers the many and sustained publications of the historian Hermann Giliomee, culminating in The Afrikaners (2003). On the other hand, it provides an analysis and interpretation of a work of art,'Afrikaander circa 1600' (2007), an installation by t…
Experiments with Truth and Justice in South Africa: Stockenström, Gandhi and the TRC
This article sets out to trace the intellectual and political antecedents of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the longer perspective of South African history. It does so by taking a closer look at some of the longstanding if intermittent series of South African projects invoking notions of truth and justice, most recently exemplified by the TRC in the context of the new democratic and post-apartheid South Africa of the 1990s. It t…
La commission Vérité et Réconciliation sud-africaine: Histoire locale et responsabilité face au monde
Au terme définitif du mandat de la commission Vérité et Réconciliation sud-africaine (TRC), il est possible de tenter un premier bilan qui essaie de rendre compte de la différence d'appréciation dont bénéficie cette entité en Afrique du Sud et à l'extérieur. Si, dans le premier cas, ses résultats suscitent une grande réserve, dans le second elle apparaît comme un modèle d'une justice transitionnelle en pleine construction. Seule l'interaction d'é…
From autonomy to accountability: Academic freedom under threat in South Africa
Invocations and defenses of academic freedom in South Africa should not necessarily be taken at face value. The threats may be all too real, and the stakes very high indeed, as the experience of universities under apartheid has shown, but on this ideological battleground the enemies of academic freedom typically do not announce themselves as such while the defenders of academic freedom may turn out to have their own ulterior motives and hidden ag…
Clearing the ground: Spurious attacks and genuine issues in the debate about philosophy in a post-colonial society
For anyone somewhat in touch with the philosophical community in South Africa it must come as a surprise to learn that analytical philosophy has been under attack, and needs to be defended against its "critics". The very idea of attacking or defending "analytical philosophy" now seems strange and dated; a generation or two ago there was no lack of critics, nor of defences and counterattacks, but much has changed in the philosophical world since t…
The problem of intellectual history in (post) colonial societies: The case of South Africa
This paper investigates some underlying problems in the intellectual and political history of (post)colonial societies, and the cultural and political implications of settlement, conquest and imperial rule. The social and intellectual history of colonial discourses can not be studied in their own terms only. Colonial settlements transplanted fragments of cultures and traditions rooted in the parent societies; and colonial traditions did not then …
Political Violence and the Struggle in South Africa
This book provides a unique perspective, at once scholarly and fully engaged, on the political violence in South Africa during 'The Time of the Comrades' in the mid-1980s. The work of a group of socia
Afrikaner Political Thought: Analysis and Documents: Volume One 1780-1850
Puritans in Africa? Afrikaner 'Calvinism' and Kuyperian Neo-Calvinism in Late Nineteenth-Century South Africa
Accounts of South African history and politics have been much influenced by what might be termed the Calvinist paradigm of Afrikaner history. As a model for the historical understanding of modern Afrikaner nationalism and of the ideology of apartheid it has proved persuasive to historians and social scientists alike. In outline, it amounts to the view that the 'seventeenth-century Calvinism' which the Afrikaner founding fathers derived from their…
Captive to the Nationalist Paradigm: Prof. F.A. van Jaarsveld and the historical evidence for the Afrikaner's ideas on his Calling and Mission
(1984). Captive to the Nationalist Paradigm: Prof. F.A. van Jaarsveld and the historical evidence for the Afrikaner's ideas on his Calling and Mission. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 49-80
Facing up to the future: Some personal reflections on the predicament of Afrikaner intellectuals in the legitimation crisis of Afrikaner nationalism and the apartheid state
(1981). Facing up to the future: Some personal reflections on the predicament of Afrikaner intellectuals in the legitimation crisis of Afrikaner nationalism and the apartheid state. Social Dynamics: Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 1-27
On South Africa's options
South Africa's Options: Strategies for Sharing Power by F. van Zyl Slabbert and David Welsh. Cape Town: David Philip, 1979
From autonomy to accountability: Academic freedom under threat in South Africa
Invocations and defenses of academic freedom in South Africa should not necessarily be taken at face value. The threats may be all too real, and the stakes very high indeed, as the experience of universities under apartheid has shown, but on this ideological battleground the enemies of academic freedom typically do not announce themselves as such while the defenders of academic freedom may turn out to have their own ulterior motives and hidden ag…
Puritans in Africa? Afrikaner 'Calvinism' and Kuyperian Neo-Calvinism in Late Nineteenth-Century South Africa
Accounts of South African history and politics have been much influenced by what might be termed the Calvinist paradigm of Afrikaner history. As a model for the historical understanding of modern Afrikaner nationalism and of the ideology of apartheid it has proved persuasive to historians and social scientists alike. In outline, it amounts to the view that the 'seventeenth-century Calvinism' which the Afrikaner founding fathers derived from their…
Experiments with Truth and Justice in South Africa: Stockenström, Gandhi and the TRC
This article sets out to trace the intellectual and political antecedents of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the longer perspective of South African history. It does so by taking a closer look at some of the longstanding if intermittent series of South African projects invoking notions of truth and justice, most recently exemplified by the TRC in the context of the new democratic and post-apartheid South Africa of the 1990s. It t…
The problem of intellectual history in (post) colonial societies: The case of South Africa
This paper investigates some underlying problems in the intellectual and political history of (post)colonial societies, and the cultural and political implications of settlement, conquest and imperial rule. The social and intellectual history of colonial discourses can not be studied in their own terms only. Colonial settlements transplanted fragments of cultures and traditions rooted in the parent societies; and colonial traditions did not then …
Captive to the Nationalist Paradigm: Prof. F.A. van Jaarsveld and the historical evidence for the Afrikaner's ideas on his Calling and Mission
(1984). Captive to the Nationalist Paradigm: Prof. F.A. van Jaarsveld and the historical evidence for the Afrikaner's ideas on his Calling and Mission. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 49-80
Facing up to the future: Some personal reflections on the predicament of Afrikaner intellectuals in the legitimation crisis of Afrikaner nationalism and the apartheid state
(1981). Facing up to the future: Some personal reflections on the predicament of Afrikaner intellectuals in the legitimation crisis of Afrikaner nationalism and the apartheid state. Social Dynamics: Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 1-27
A Need for ‘Truth’
The origins of the South African trc process, which made such a dramatic contribution towards opening up a new more inclusive political culture in post-apartheid South Africa, are usually found in the constitutional negotiations and settlement reflected in the Postamble of the 1993 Interim Constitution. This article starts from the apparent paradox that a secretive amnesty pact by political elites could have been responsible for a public truth pr…
Afrikaander circa 1600: Reflections and Suggestions Regarding the Origins and Fate of Afrikaner Nationalism
This article compares two quite different portrayals of, and reflections on, the nature and fate of Afrikaner nationalism in its historical entanglement with the apartheid order. On the one hand, it considers the many and sustained publications of the historian Hermann Giliomee, culminating in The Afrikaners (2003). On the other hand, it provides an analysis and interpretation of a work of art,'Afrikaander circa 1600' (2007), an installation by t…
La commission Vérité et Réconciliation sud-africaine: Histoire locale et responsabilité face au monde
Au terme définitif du mandat de la commission Vérité et Réconciliation sud-africaine (TRC), il est possible de tenter un premier bilan qui essaie de rendre compte de la différence d'appréciation dont bénéficie cette entité en Afrique du Sud et à l'extérieur. Si, dans le premier cas, ses résultats suscitent une grande réserve, dans le second elle apparaît comme un modèle d'une justice transitionnelle en pleine construction. Seule l'interaction d'é…
Clearing the ground: Spurious attacks and genuine issues in the debate about philosophy in a post-colonial society
For anyone somewhat in touch with the philosophical community in South Africa it must come as a surprise to learn that analytical philosophy has been under attack, and needs to be defended against its "critics". The very idea of attacking or defending "analytical philosophy" now seems strange and dated; a generation or two ago there was no lack of critics, nor of defences and counterattacks, but much has changed in the philosophical world since t…
On South Africa's options
South Africa's Options: Strategies for Sharing Power by F. van Zyl Slabbert and David Welsh. Cape Town: David Philip, 1979
Facing up to the future: Some personal reflections on the predicament of Afrikaner intellectuals in the legitimation crisis of Afrikaner nationalism and the apartheid state
(1981). Facing up to the future: Some personal reflections on the predicament of Afrikaner intellectuals in the legitimation crisis of Afrikaner nationalism and the apartheid state. Social Dynamics: Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 1-27
Captive to the Nationalist Paradigm: Prof. F.A. van Jaarsveld and the historical evidence for the Afrikaner's ideas on his Calling and Mission
(1984). Captive to the Nationalist Paradigm: Prof. F.A. van Jaarsveld and the historical evidence for the Afrikaner's ideas on his Calling and Mission. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 49-80
Afrikaner Political Thought: Analysis and Documents: Volume One 1780-1850
Puritans in Africa? Afrikaner 'Calvinism' and Kuyperian Neo-Calvinism in Late Nineteenth-Century South Africa
Accounts of South African history and politics have been much influenced by what might be termed the Calvinist paradigm of Afrikaner history. As a model for the historical understanding of modern Afrikaner nationalism and of the ideology of apartheid it has proved persuasive to historians and social scientists alike. In outline, it amounts to the view that the 'seventeenth-century Calvinism' which the Afrikaner founding fathers derived from their…
Political Violence and the Struggle in South Africa
This book provides a unique perspective, at once scholarly and fully engaged, on the political violence in South Africa during 'The Time of the Comrades' in the mid-1980s. The work of a group of socia
The problem of intellectual history in (post) colonial societies: The case of South Africa
This paper investigates some underlying problems in the intellectual and political history of (post)colonial societies, and the cultural and political implications of settlement, conquest and imperial rule. The social and intellectual history of colonial discourses can not be studied in their own terms only. Colonial settlements transplanted fragments of cultures and traditions rooted in the parent societies; and colonial traditions did not then …
Clearing the ground: Spurious attacks and genuine issues in the debate about philosophy in a post-colonial society
For anyone somewhat in touch with the philosophical community in South Africa it must come as a surprise to learn that analytical philosophy has been under attack, and needs to be defended against its "critics". The very idea of attacking or defending "analytical philosophy" now seems strange and dated; a generation or two ago there was no lack of critics, nor of defences and counterattacks, but much has changed in the philosophical world since t…
From autonomy to accountability: Academic freedom under threat in South Africa
Invocations and defenses of academic freedom in South Africa should not necessarily be taken at face value. The threats may be all too real, and the stakes very high indeed, as the experience of universities under apartheid has shown, but on this ideological battleground the enemies of academic freedom typically do not announce themselves as such while the defenders of academic freedom may turn out to have their own ulterior motives and hidden ag…
La commission Vérité et Réconciliation sud-africaine: Histoire locale et responsabilité face au monde
Au terme définitif du mandat de la commission Vérité et Réconciliation sud-africaine (TRC), il est possible de tenter un premier bilan qui essaie de rendre compte de la différence d'appréciation dont bénéficie cette entité en Afrique du Sud et à l'extérieur. Si, dans le premier cas, ses résultats suscitent une grande réserve, dans le second elle apparaît comme un modèle d'une justice transitionnelle en pleine construction. Seule l'interaction d'é…
Experiments with Truth and Justice in South Africa: Stockenström, Gandhi and the TRC
This article sets out to trace the intellectual and political antecedents of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the longer perspective of South African history. It does so by taking a closer look at some of the longstanding if intermittent series of South African projects invoking notions of truth and justice, most recently exemplified by the TRC in the context of the new democratic and post-apartheid South Africa of the 1990s. It t…
Afrikaander circa 1600: Reflections and Suggestions Regarding the Origins and Fate of Afrikaner Nationalism
This article compares two quite different portrayals of, and reflections on, the nature and fate of Afrikaner nationalism in its historical entanglement with the apartheid order. On the one hand, it considers the many and sustained publications of the historian Hermann Giliomee, culminating in The Afrikaners (2003). On the other hand, it provides an analysis and interpretation of a work of art,'Afrikaander circa 1600' (2007), an installation by t…
Institutionalizing Free Inquiry in Universities during Regime Transitions: The South African Case
For South African higher education and institutionalized research, the transition to a democratic "new South Africa" in the 1990s opened the way to different kinds of fundamental change. The transition also brought new risks and more insidious threats to free inquiry. Taken together these make for a complex and confusing overall picture that can be read in opposite ways. Some changes, especially those that signal the achievement of long social an…
The Owl of Minerva and the Ironic Fate of the Progressive Praxis of Radical Historiography in Post-apartheid South Africa
Despite its title and stated objectives this edited volume does not provide a broad and inclusive survey of post-apartheid South African historiographical developments. Its main topic is the unexpected demise in the post-apartheid context of the radical or revisionist approach that had invigorated and transformed the humanities and social studies during the 1970s and 1980s. In the context of the anti-apartheid struggle the radical historians had …
Victims of “British Justice”?: A Century of Wrong as Anti-imperial Tract, Core Narrative of the Afrikaner “Nation,” and Victim-Based Solidarity-Building Discourse
A Need for ‘Truth’
The origins of the South African trc process, which made such a dramatic contribution towards opening up a new more inclusive political culture in post-apartheid South Africa, are usually found in the constitutional negotiations and settlement reflected in the Postamble of the 1993 Interim Constitution. This article starts from the apparent paradox that a secretive amnesty pact by political elites could have been responsible for a public truth pr…
Political science (16 works) · Law (15 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Politics (11 works) · South African History and Culture (9 works) · History (8 works) · Law (5 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)